The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-03
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a.. .n neg greatest prize Of tho man.
p !. open to young French ,r many los
fr's DC Rome. The winna as'ists is III
ZONE Tome to study for four years IS sent q !
sssnsh Academy, the p seala IN III,
i l,ms a., Ar's at Paris. The Goverpmeamn,! y
francs. or nearly eight h", ,Aonsana
lars yearly. and for four 1 vsass DOL
ms return the allowance Is s, coa.' aits,
from the fund Of Madam continued
Tor eight years he can devo H'1 N. So
70 art undisturbed by any tbou himself
money. Moreover, thu thoughts Of
winch the prize is given is huns i = IT, to
Academy of Fine Arts. with a. m the
urcs successful in the comnou ,ne plct.
preceding years. No wondao Of
Jules Bastien-Lepage set his he,,. That
on winning the Prtr de Rome "f' up
The competition is aoo,u
with curious formalities. rrai pa0led
sign submitted is covered with try, de-
paper. which is sealed down "4sas'
tracing Of it made. This i :, and .
vent the artists from changing q d, pre-
signs after they are handed Il "Ie DC.
a few very slight alterations an oalr
mittcd' and these in accordance per per.
rigorous rules. The artists ss,. WIN
for the excellence of their dps jones'ea
enter the competition are oblise1 u. %
remain shut up in separate rooms 70
carefully watched for ninety d,rs anu
that each shall paint his picture vi,s y
out any outside assistance, T ".'A'
jury of distinguished artists ev,na.'
the work. and awards the prize.
The subject given out in 1874 ~.
the "Annunciation to the Shonharaass''
who watched their flocks by nish.
when the angel appeared to them any
announced the birth of Christ, N
Upon this picture Bastien.L,ar, =.
worked most earnestly. When # ws'
finished, he felt confident of succoss'
but when the day came for makin,
the award. and Bastien- Lepage. WIKI
his eager friends, gathered at ths
Beaur Arts, an ominous whisper v.,
heard that the jury had given ,hs
prize to Comerre. The rumor was con'
tirmed. Cabancl, Bastien-Lepara "a,
master, had voted against his pupil, Il
was said.
Afterward it was said that the i,rv
decided against him chiefly on tecbnic.
al grounds; one reason being that thu
Annunciation occurred at night, whi,a
Bastien-Lepage painted it as if late in
the afternoon.
That evening all the artists met =.
dinner in the restaurant of Mile Anna.
On the smoky walls hung pictures BY
artists who had frequentcd the place,
and all the pictures by men who had
gained the Pr1r de Rome were decorot.
ed with wreaths of laurel. Comerve.
the winner, and Bastien- Lepage, the
loser. sat at adjoining tables, each sur.
rounded by his friends. As the dinner
drew to a close, Il young American
painter rose beside Bastian- Lepage
and said: LET us crown the pictured Of
the man to whom the artists have
awarded the Priz de Rome.
He held up a laurel-wreath as he
spoke. Instantly all the artists in The
room were on their feet. The friends
Of Comerre angrily struggled to pre-.
vent what they counted an insult. Blu.
the others lifted the young American
on their shoulders, bore him through
the oppusing cruwd, and liz lung tAu
laurel. wreath upon Bastien-Lcpage'
picture, Golden Youth" Amid up
roar and conflict the artists testified
their admiration for their peasant
brother.
There was the same feeling at tho
Beanr Arts. Every day heaps ofaow.
ers and laurel-wreaths were laid before
tho '.Annunciation to the Shepherds"
They were removed by the guardians
Of the galleries, only ia be renewed the
next day. So, although Comerre was
given the great prize, and Bastlsn-
Lepage obtained only the second, his
failure was really q success. Ripley
Ritchcock, IN 81. Nicholas.